Michael Bourne Email & Phone Number

Debut novel Blithedale Canyon publishes June 30, 2022

Greater New York City Area

I contribute roughly a dozen profiles, essays, and reported articles per year for this industry-leading glossy print magazine distributed bi-monthly to more than 100,000 readers.

Vancouver

I teach a second-year Technical Communications course focusing on workplace and research writing skills for students in the Civil Engineering and Materials Engineering departments.

Greater New York City Area

I write two articles per month for this online cultural magazine with 15,000 daily readers, a national leader in its category. I also actively solicit and edit articles for publication.

My essays, reviews, and reportage have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Economist, The Baltimore Sun, Du Jour, Salon, The Georgia Straight, Publishers Weekly, The Morning News, Artillery, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. My short stories, poetry, and creative nonfiction have appeared in Tin House, The Common, The Southampton Review, December, The Cortland Review, River City, The Orange Coast Review, The Potomac Review, The Oakland Review, and many other journals..

Greater New York City Area

I taught a wide range of first-year writing and introductory literature courses including Composition & Rhetoric, Advanced Composition (Honors English), Developmental Writing (Remedial English), and Close Reading & Critical Writing.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I taught, first as an adjunct and then as a full-time instructor (three courses per semester), in the university's College Writing Program, which offers first-year students a two-semester sequence focusing on academic writing and research. In addition to teaching, my duties included extensive peer evaluation and committee work.

Richmond, Virginia

I taught one first-year Expository Writing course while on a Fiction Fellowship from the Virginia Commission for the Arts.

Richmond, Virginia

I taught a full load (three courses per semester) of a first-year Expository Writing course.

San Francisco Bay Area

While completing my degrees, I taught one-semester courses for first-year students, including Developmental Writing, Freshman Composition, and Introduction to Creative Writing. Many of my students at this highly diverse university were second-language learners, typically from Asia and Latin America.

Cupertino, California

I taught part-time (one to two courses per semester, plus summer courses) at this community college, where my teaching load included Developmental Writing, College Writing, and Advanced Composition.

Aspen, Colorado

I covered local government and arts for this daily newspaper with 15,000 readers. I reported and wrote 1-4 articles per day, managed sources, wrote headlines, and edited fellow reporters'​ work.My principal beats were county government and the local arts scene, but I also wrote editorials, profiled local businesses and newsworthy individuals, wrote a regular column, and served as the paper's theater critic.

Mill Valley, California

I covered city politics and local issues for this weekly newspaper with 12,000 subscribers. I wrote 5-10 articles per week, managed sources, and pitched in with editing and headline-writing duties on deadline.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Dramatic Writing

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Fiction

Master Of Arts (Ma), English

Activities and Societies: Certificate in the Teaching of Composition